How To Install python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8. python3-magic is Python 3 bindings for the libmagic API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-magic

This package contains the Python 3 bindings to allow access to the libmagic API. The libmagic library is also used by the familiar file(1) command.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-magic.

Install python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-magic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-magic

Install python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-magic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-magic

How To Uninstall python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-magic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-magic

python3-magic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/magic.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/magic.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/file_magic-0.3.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/file_magic-0.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/file_magic-0.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/file_magic-0.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/file_magic-0.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/magic.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-magic
/usr/share/doc/python3-magic/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-magic/example.py
/usr/share/licenses/python3-magic
/usr/share/licenses/python3-magic/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-magic on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.